Clothes drier



Dec. 18, 1951 l.. WILSON 2,578,870

CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 16, 1945 2 SHEETS--SHEET l Dec.1s, 1951 L.WILSQN 2,578,870

CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 15. 1945 2 SHEETS- SHEET 2 Patented Dec. 18,1951 CLOTHES DRIER Leonard Wilson, Houston, rEen., assignor to C. L.Rowan, Tarrant County, Tex.

Application April 16, 1945, Serial No.`588,660

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a clothes drier.

An object of the invention is to provide a clothes-drying apparatuscomprising spaced supports for Ithe lines with means thereon forconnecting the lines thereto whereby the lines may be adjusted to therequired tension and to take up the slack of the lines.

A further object of the invention is to provide apparatus of thecharacter described whereby the lines may be readily lowered intoconvenient position for attaching the articles thereto and may then beraised to a taut position so that the lines will not sag.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of thecharacter described that may be cheaply constructed, readily installedand which will be very convenient in use.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particularrelation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of partsand use, an example of which is given in -this specication andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a longitudinal, sectional view taken on the line I-I ofFigure 2.

Figure 2 shows a plan view.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional view taken -on theline 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 shows an enlarged, fragmentary end View.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals ofreference designate the same parts in each of the figures, the numeralsI, 2 designate the end posts which are spaced apart and whose upper endssupport the crossarms 3, 4 which may be welded to said yposts and whichextend outwardly each way therefrom.

In erection the end posts are set into the earth preferably in concreteas shown. These posts and crossarms are preferably formed of metal pipeand welded to their lower ends and extending inwardly, -or toward eachother, are the footings 5, 6, preferably also formed `of pipe to beburied in the earth or concrete; and there are the angle braces 1, 8,preferably also formed of pipe, whose upper ends are welded to therespective posts and whose lower ends are welded to the footings 5, 6adjacent their free ends.

Welded to the crossarm 3 are the staples, as 9 to which the clotheslines I are fastened at one end. These staples are spaced apart as shownin Figure 2.

Welded to the outer side of the crossarm 4 (Cl. 21k-119.15)

are the lugs I I which are spaced to correspond to the spacing of thestaples 9. One of these lugs I lo is somewhat longer than the otherlugs.

These lugs II, IIa have aligned bearings to receive the winding rod I2which rotates therein. One end of this rod has a crank I3 thereon forturning it. The rod I2 has holes as I4, shown in Figure 3, therethroughto receive the other ends of the lines I 0 and upon turning the rod I2,the corresponding ends of the clothes lines will be wound there around,as shown in Figure 2. Welded onto the rod I2 adjacent the lug Ila thereis a disc I5 having a circular row of perforations IB therethrough. Theend of the lug vI la also has a perforation Il with which theperforations I6 register, as the rod I2 is lturned so that when thelines are drawn taut a pin I'Ia may be inserted through the registeringperforations to lock the rod I2 against reverse rotation. The lines maythus be held in taut position while supporting the articles suspendedfrom them.

The pin I1 may be removed and the rod I 2 turned in a reverse directionto allow the lines to sag for more ready access when attaching theclothes to them or when removing said clothes.

It will be noted from an inspection of Figures 3 and 4 that the lines IIl are drawn over the crossarm 4 so that when taut the friction of thelines against said crossarm reduce the pull on the rod i2 and thuslessening the likelihood of the detachment of the lines from said rod.

What I claim is:

1. A clothes drier comprising, spaced posts, a crossarm on each post, arod rotatably mounted on the outer side of one crossarm and below thelevel of the upper surface of said last mentioned crossarm, clotheslines attached, at one end, to said r-od and passing over the adjacentcr-ossarm in frictional contact therewith and attached, at their otherends, to the other crossarm, means for rotating the rod to Wind thelines therearound to place said lines under tension and means forlocking the rod against reverse rotation.

2. A clothes drier comprising, spaced end posts, a crossarm on eachpost, attaching means spaced apart on the inner side of o-ne crossarmfor the attachment of clothes lines thereto, lugs on the outer side ofthe other crossarm having aligned bearings therein, said lugs beingspaced apart and offset longitudinally of said other crossarm withrelation to the corresponding attaching means on said one crossarm, awinding rod eX- tended through said lugs and rotatably mounted in saidbearings, said rod having spaced openings 3 therethrough and beinglocated below the level of the upper surface of the adjacent crossarm,clothes lines attached, at one end, to said attaching means, the otherend of said lines passing over the crossarm adjacent said rod and beingin frictional contact therewith,vsaid other end being attached to saidrod, a disc fastened to said rod adjacent one of said lugs, saidadjacent lug being enlarged and having a perforation and the disc havingperforations arranged therearound to register with the lug perforation,means on the disc `to manually rotate the disc and winding rod fastenedthereto -to raise or lower said clothes lines, and a locking pin adaptedto be inserted through said registering perforation to lock the rodagainst reverse rotation.

LEONARD WILSON.

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